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Thornton, Gregory

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 2, 2014No. PD-0669-13PublishedCited by 230 opinions

1Opinion of the Court 1

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2Opinion of the Court · PricePrice, J.

in which KELLER, P.J., and WOMACK, KEASLER, and HERVEY, JJ., joined.

After a jury trial, the appellant was convicted of the third-degree felony of*292fense of tampering with evidence, on a theory of concealment,1 for reaching into his pocket, pulling out a crack pipe, and dropping it to the ground in the presence of two police officers.2 On appeal, the Seventh Court of Appeals deemed the evidence to be insufficient to support a conviction for tampering with evidence by concealment because, with respect to the element of concealment, the evidence showed that “at least one of the officers on…

3Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Marin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993
  3. Powell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2006
  4. Stephens v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
  5. Flournoy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984

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4Cited by230 opinions

  1. Thomas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2014
  2. Tate v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2016
  3. Rabb, Richard LeeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2014
  4. Arteaga v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2017
  5. Nowlin, Keiona DashelleCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2015

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